Editor’s Note: Readers are cautioned that some names may be the same as, or similar to, other members of the community.March 21 — Megan Nicole Collett, 18, 405 N. Kingston Ave., Rockwood: domestic assault. No bond; court date May 12.

With the tax filing deadline two weeks away, the Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers that quick and easy solutions are available if they can’t file their returns or pay their taxes on time, and they can even request relief online.
The IRS expects more than 600,000 Tennesseans to file tax returns in the next two weeks and about 170,000 to request filing extensions.
"Don’t panic, but be sure to act by the April 17 deadline" said IRS spokesman Dan Boone.

Rockwood native and artist Stephen Brown will be a judge on the new TLC series “Craft Wars.”
The show, which focuses on craft enthusiasts, is hosted and executive produced by actress Tori Spelling.
TLC’s website announced the show as well as Brown’s Glitterville website, www.glitterville.com.
It debuts June 26.
Brown’s company Glitterville sells whimsical products for festivities from birthdays to Christmas.
The company also has a Halloween craft book for presale at vendors including Amazon.

The kickoff meeting for the effort to get a Veterans Administration hospital in the Roane Medical Center building in downtown Harriman is at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Harriman American Legion 53 on Morgan Avenue.
Tommy True, who has been instrumental in organizing the event, said it’s key that a large crowd shows up so that government officials take their endeavors seriously.
“If people want this to happen, they really need to show up at this meeting and show a concern that they’d like to see it completed,” True said.

From staff reports
The day of her scheduled hearing on one robbery charge, Tawny Michelle Inman was arrested on another one.
Authorities charged her with attempted aggravated robbery last October for allegedly trying to hold up the Rocky Top Market on Bluff Road.
She had a hearing scheduled in that case on Monday, when, according to a Roane County Sheriff’s Office incident report, she was arrested at the courthouse for aggravated robbery.
That charge is for allegedly holding up the Rocky Top in Midtown last September.

By Gene Policinski
First Amendment Center
The nation’s editors are gathering in Washington, D.C., for the annual convention of the American Society of News Editors — and the good news is the April 2-4 convention once again is being held in hotel meeting rooms, not on the ledges.

Yes, there are continuing signs of economic trouble for the business of newsgathering and distribution — in particular for newspapers, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Circuit Court Judge Amy Hollars started court a few minutes late on Tuesday.

“I just wanted to make sure we gave ample opportunity for the defendants to arrive,” she said.
Those defendants — brothers Rocky and Leon Houston — were a no-show for the hearing in Cumberland County Justice Center in Crossville.

The Houstons are being sued by Pat Brown over the death of her son, Mike Brown.